DRONE Chase Tamper

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DRONE Chase Tamper

The Drone is an unmanned chase tamper programmed to tamp the ties skipped by the lead machine. In the conventional North American skip tie tamping mode, the Drone will tamp all of the skipped ties while it continuously moves independently of the lead tamper. The work heads on the Drone are automatically positioned both individually and longitudinally to the required location on the frame to facilitate tamping the untamped ties; even slewed ties.

All the accessories on the Drone can be manipulated from the Lead Machine (when required) via a two-way wireless Ethernet communication system.

Upon arrival at the work site, the operator selects the work mode for both machines while still coupled, advancing forward while recording a short section of track during run-in. The recording operation synchronizes the encoder wheels and tie finders of each machine, mapping out sections of track recognizable by both tampers.

The two machines are then uncoupled and the lead tamper starts work by lifting, lining and tamping. After the run-in is completed the Drone starts tamping the skipped ties left by the lead tamper.

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